The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
The gross output of agricultural products in the Akmola region in January-February 2024 amounted to 43 982.4 million tenge (IFO - 96.5%), including: crop production - 532.3 million tenge (IFO - 100%), animal husbandry – 43 444.8 million tenge (IFO - 96.5%).
In total, there are 9361 active agricultural formations in the region, including: 1923 - legal entities, 695 - individual entrepreneurs, 6743 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January-February 2024 amounted to 22.1 billion tenge or 259.9% compared to the same period in 2023.
Investments in fixed assets in food production in January - February 2024 amounted to 0.6 billion tenge or 16.4% compared to the same period in 2023 (due to a decrease in capital investments in processing enterprises).
The number of employed people in agriculture in the region is 23.7% of the total number of employed (total employed - 405.2 thousand people, including 96.1 thousand people in agriculture (according to the results of the 4th quarter of 2023).
The average salary in the agricultural sector for the 4th quarter of 2023 amounted to 257 thousand tenge with an increase of 1.9% compared to the same period in 2022 (in January - December 2023 - 252.7 thousand tenge with an increase of 11%).
Subsidizing the agro-industrial complex
In 2024, the volume of state support to the agro-industrial complex in the form of subsidies amounts to 46.5 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
-for subsidizing the crop industry - 13.6 billion tenge (pesticides - 9,436.5 million tenge, fertilizers - 3,171.4 million tenge, seeds - 617.5 million tenge, priority crops – 400 million tenge);
-for subsidizing livestock production - 5.4 billion tenge;
-financial instruments - KZT 26.5 billion (investment subsidies – KZT 17,791.1 million, reimbursement of interest rates on loans and leasing - KZT 8,667.2 million, within the framework of loan guarantee and insurance - KZT 90.2 million);
- for subsidizing deep processing - 0.9 billion tenge.
Crop production
This year, according to the preliminary structure, the region plans to carry out spring sowing of agricultural crops on an area of 5,387 thousand hectares, including: cereals and legumes will be placed on an area of 4,778.6 thousand hectares, oilseeds - 222.8 thousand hectares, forage crops - 368.5 thousand hectares.
Potato planting will be carried out on an area of 15 thousand square meters. ha and vegetables - by 2.1 thousand hectares .
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January-February 2024, SHTP purchased 136 units of equipment worth 4 billion tenge (in January-February 2023 - 208 units worth 8.6 billion tenge), including:
- combine harvesters - 13 units worth 2 billion tenge;
- tractors - 29 units worth 1.1 billion tenge;
- seeders - 45 units in the amount of 60.4 million tenge;
- other equipment - 49 units in the amount of 0.9 billion tenge.
Animal husbandry
In January-February 2024, the region produced meat in live weight - 30.9 thousand tons (95.7%), milk - 31.9 thousand tons (102.4%), chicken eggs - 95.2 million pieces (86.9%).
As of March 1, 2024, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms is 438.9 thousand heads (97.2% compared to the same period in 2023), including the number of cows - 205.3 thousand heads (102%).
The number of horses amounted to 267.2 thousand heads (100.5%), birds – 9071.9 thousand heads (95.3%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 637.6 thousand heads (96.1%), pigs – 55.8 thousand heads (69.8%).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2024, 41 investment projects for a total of 84.8 billion tenge are planned to be implemented in the agro-industrial complex, including:
- 7 projects for the construction of granaries for 2.8 billion tenge;
- 11 MTF construction projects worth 43.5 billion tenge;
- 6 projects for the construction of meat farms worth 0.7 billion tenge;
-1 poultry farm construction project for 12 billion tenge;
-1 project for the construction of a warehouse for the storage of liquid fertilizers for 0.6 billion tenge;
- 8 projects for processing agricultural products worth 18.2 billion tenge;
- 6 irrigation projects worth 6.1 billion tenge;
- 1 feed production project in the amount of 0.8 billion tenge.
Implemented investment projects
Since the beginning of the year, 2 projects worth 0.5 billion tenge have been implemented:
- 1 project for the construction of a meat farm - LLP "SHP Makinskoe" for 600 heads of horses for 330 million tenge (in the Birzhan Sal area);
- 1 project for processing agricultural products - LLP "Kazger KUS" (feed mill) with a capacity of 720 tons for 127.2 million tenge (in the Birzhan Sal area).
Processing of agricultural products
Akmola region has:
- 16 meat processing enterprises with a production capacity of 128.9 thousand tons per year;
- 15 dairy production enterprises with a production capacity of 149.0 thousand tons per year;
- 28 flour milling enterprises with a production capacity of 955.5 thousand tons per year;
- 8 oilseed processing plants with a production capacity of 138.0 thousand tons per year.
In January-February 2024, food products worth 35.5 billion tenge were produced with an increase of 101.2% compared to the same period in 2023.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry – 48.7%, dairy – 13.5%, vegetable oil – 17.1%, grain processing - 9.0%, bread and bakery – 1.9%, other industries - 9.8%.
Meat processing
Meat processing enterprises and workshops produced 14 thousand tons of meat in kind with an increase of 5.5% compared to the same period in 2023, the volume of sausage production amounted to 495 tons with a decrease of 15.1%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 16.4 thousand tons with an increase of 25% compared to the same level in 2023, 321 tons of butter were produced with a decrease of 2.3%, cheese and cottage cheese - 253 tons with an increase of 35.9%, fermented dairy products - 1407 tons with an increase of 2.1%.
Processing of oilseeds
14.4 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced with an increase of 66.9% compared to the same period in 2023.
Flour production
35.7 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, a decrease of 15.9% compared to the same period in 2023.